Chapter 4

The next day, Stan was resting against the wall at the goths usual spot. Ferckle was asleep in Henrietta's lap. He was wrapped in Micheal's old trench coat. It was huge on him, but he would eventually grow into it. He almost looked like he was wearing a dress.

Stan must have fallen asleep, because he was being woken up by Kyle.

"Raven? I know you're still mad at me, but I need to talk to you." Stan unwillingly got up, and Kyle dragged the goth boy to an area where Kenny Token, Clyde and Timmy were standing (Well, Timmy was sitting of course.

"So that is this about?" Stan asked while rubbing the sleep from his eyes, but not smudging the eyeliner.

"I received a letter from Mint Berry Crunch, and it's not good." Kyle explained.

"Didn't we give up the hero thing a long time ago? The only one who is still playing superhero is Kenny, and then, Butters and Dougie are Professor Chaos and General Disarray."

"Yeah, but this is really full of distress. How can you resist "Help me dammit!" written in bold, italicized, and double underlined. The Coon and friends need to make a come back, and save mint berry crunch." Stan rolled his eyes.

"Kyle, do you realize Bradley is at home right now with pneumonia?"

"Maybe there's another reason for it! Like the letter said "I'm trapped and can't escape." Maybe that means he being held captive and tortured!"

"Then explain how we're still on earth and not in the nightmare City Smart ass." I challenged.

"I don't know, but we have to help him! If he's being tortured, we can't just sit here!" Stan rolled his eyes again.

"I'm going back to my friends, Kyle. There is nothing wrong with Bradly Biggle. He may need some therapy, and some pneumonia medicine, but other than that he's perfectly fine! I'm out of here." Stan began walking away, when Kyle grabbed Stan's arm.

"But, Stan, wait! Er, I mean Raven! You'll be getting to see the Winchester house. It's the most haunted house in America! The others will be so jealous!"

"Jealousy is for conformists." Stan said cockily tuning away again.

"Please Raven... You'll get to go to Ralya again. Remember? We went there when that fat Nazi sent us there? Plus, you know that place better than we do since you're into the goth kids little cult thing. Please?" He said it in a voice that made Stan crumble. I clenched my fists and sighed.

"Goddammit... Fine I'll go, but I'm getting a camera." Stan walked away, and Kyle yelled after him

"We're meeting at my house after school, and take off the damn eyeliner!"

"Never." Stan spun around walking backwards, pulled his cheek down, winking his other eye, and stuck his tongue out. He spun around forward again, and continued walking to where his friends were sitting.

"Hey Henri, can I borrow your camera?" Stan asked.

"Yeah, why?" she said handing the black Nikon to him.

"I'm going on a little field trip, and I want to take pictures. I'm leaving after school and probably won't be back for a few days."

Where are they dragging you to now?" Pete asked.

"The Winchester house in San Francisco."

"No way!" Micheal said surprised.

"I know, but I don't have much of a choice. Dammit..."

"Ok." Henri said, still cradling Georgie. He looked so peaceful in Henri's arms. they spent the rest of the day taking it easy, and just hanging out. Ferckle woke up at about 2:30, and then after school, Stan gathered up a similar outfit that he thought he'd never wear again. Tool shed. The hero who has technopathic powers, and who has new intelligence of the enemy... Stan let out a sigh, I grabbed my huge box of power tools, and put the outfit in an old backpack. He went across the street to Kyle's and hesitantly knocked on the door. Kyle answered the door.

"Hey, Raven." Kyle said shyly.

"Hey." I said emotionless once again. Stan went to the bathroom and changed into the shirt and pants of the outfit, leaving the tools in the bag. He couldn't believe he was actually doing this... He went downstairs where everyone was except for Timmy. Stan pinched the bridge of his nose as Kyle began speaking.

"Ok, with Token's help, we have bus tickets to San Francisco. The bus leaves at 7 then its about 12 hours then we board another bus in Nevada, and then 4 hours to San Francisco. It's 4:30 now, so.. I guess we can hang out here." Stan was almost infuriated. He had to stay around till 7? good thing he brought something to read. He took out "The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd: 8th grade bites." and began reading it. Good thing he also had 9th and 10th grade with him as well.

"S-Raven, it's time to go." Stan had just finished the book.

"Okay." He stood up and everyone got into Clyde's van. Clyde usually played taxi cab willingly to everyone because his parents got him a van for a car. Meanwhile Pete has a freakin Lamborghini. Clyde drove with Token in the front seat, Kenny and Kyle in the middle seats, and Stan sat alone in the back. Stan became frustrated because there wasn't any light.

"Damn daylight savings time" Stan muttered under his breath.

Once they caught the bus, Token sat with Clyde, leaving Kenny, Kyle and Stan in a three seat. Kyle sat in the middle, and Stan could only stare out the window and think. Why did Kyle still love him? After all Stan had said to him, and made him cry. Stan turned to his books for a few hours and then decided to sleep for a few hours. When Stan Woke up sometime during the night, he noticed Kyle sleeping on his shoulder. Stan pushed him away, causing him to almost fall off of the seat. Stan made sure Kyle was resting on Kenny, and fell asleep again. They boarded the next bus and traveled the rest of the way to San Francisco. They arrived at the Winchester house around noon. Stan took some pictures for Henrietta. As they traveled to the backyard, Kyle spoke up.

"Stan, You've read the Necronomicon, how do you open the portal?"

"Portals aren't hidden Kyle. This isn't a sci-fi movie." Stan got annoyed that he's been called Stan by him and responded. He was getting soft. Stan noticed a white entity near a bush. Stan got the attention of the others, and followed the ghost to a vine arch. They entered through the arch and into the nightmare city of Ralya.

The terrain was rocky and the sky was a bleak orange. The moon shone in the sky, almost three times as close to the planet, as the moon is to earth.

"Whoa, this place is still as pretty as the last time we were here." Kyle commented. Kenny rolled his eyes.

"I've been here so many times, it's just ugly terrain now." Stan ignored Kenny's comment, and snapped some pictures for Henrietta.

"Why are you taking pictures?" Token asked.

"We're in Ralya, it's a place of myth. I want to prove I've been here." Stan said taking another snapshot. As they kept walking A castle appeared on the horizon it matched the color of the terrain Stan thought it was merely a rock formation. Stan snapped another picture, ans they entered the castle. The corridor was empty, but the architecture was beautiful! White Pillars, gold floors, Pictures of Cthulu and other pictures of Necronomicon gods everywhere.

"Whoa!" Stan was astonished by the décor. They turned a corner, and there stood guards of some sort on both sides of the wall, and at the pillars. They spotted the Coon Friends immediately, and they were soon on the ground. everyone's arms were tied and were taken to a room where a creature was sitting on a throne. The guard monsters pushed us down on the ground, and start yelling and pointing at the humans. The King monster made a command and tapped his scepter on the floor, which echoed through out the entire castle. The guards picked them up once again and took the heroes into a dungeon. They were put in a pitch-black room where they were chained to the walls.

"Dammit! I knew something like this has happen If we went!" Stan complained.

"We didn't have a choice Stan!" Kyle yelled.

"Dammit Kyle My name isn't Stan! It's Raven!" Tool shed said with rage.

"You guys calm down! We can't make battles in this situation! We need all the help and ideas that we can!" Clyde interjected.

"Mosquito? Tool Shed? Human Kite? Is that you?" a voice sounded from a dark corner.

"Mint Berry Crunch?" Kenny asked.

"Yeah! You guys are here! I knew you would come!" Bradley said his voice filled with joy.

"Most of us came willingly." Kyle said sarcastically. I knew that was pointed at me.

"Kyle, knock it off." Token commented to Kyle. Kyle growled in anger.

"So, how do we get out of here?" Clyde asked.

"I don't know. They tightened my chains since I escaped." Bradley replied.

"That's how you got the note to us." Kyle said.

"Yeah. I managed to get my chains loose and I finally broke free. Unfortunately, they caught me before I could get to the portal, but I got the note in at least.."

"Yeah, so I think we need to loosen the chains then when someones are loose let us know." They all began to squirm and tug at they're chains. Stan however, stayed still. It was all useless to Stan. He thought he would give it a sarcastic effort though. He moved his right hand out and was stopped by the chains. Figures. he moved his left hand out and...his hand made it straight out! The shackle wasn't even on his left wrist! Those stupid bastards. Stan tugged at my right shackle, and broke it loose. They hadn't chained anyone's feet to the wall. Once he was free, Stan decided to announce it, being very cocky.

"I'm free!" He said with a smirk on my face. Stan went over and freed Bradley, Token, Clyde, Kenny and finally Kyle. he was tempted to leave him there, but Stan knew that it would be a choice he would regret. They opened the door, and peeked out. No one was around. The heroes exited, and walked down the corridor, trying to keep their footsteps quiet.

"Bradley, how do we get out of here?" Stan whispered.

"There's a hallway up here on the right that leads outta here." He pointed. They finally found the exit, and the group all began running away from the castle. Then Bradley spoke up.

"I would fly you guys out, but they can find us easier when your airborne. It's better to stay among the rocks."

"Ok. Your the only one who can fly anyway, so lets just keep running." Kyle explained. No duh Kyle...

"There it is!" Kenny screamed. It looked like the portal had changed places, cause it was on the other side of a cliff. They stood near the edge of the cliff. The chasm was about 10 feet across, but was miles long.

"Bradley, can you fly us over there?" Token asked.

"Yeah, but I need to do it quick so we can get to the portal in time." Bradley said starting to float. He took Token's wrists and began flying him across. He set Token down on the other side, and repeated the sequence with Clyde. However when he went to get Kenny, Kenny accidentally knocked Kyle off the cliff. Kyle began to fall and Stan ran to him, hanging on to his wrists.

"I can't hold on!" He cried. Just then Ralian Guards came over the horizon.

"Bradley Hurry!" Stan screamed to Bradley as he dropped off Kenny on the other side.

"Coming!" He yelled his eyes wide. He flew over and picked up Kyle by the waist. He flew him over, but the guards were gaining. Stan began panicking. Bradley was speeding over to him, and he grabbed Stan's wrists.

"Everyone! Get into the portal! Now!" He yelled to the others next to the portal. One of the guards grabbed Stan's ankles and he kicked him off in a fury. Kyle hadn't entered the portal yet. Bradley didn't let go of Stan once they were on the other side of the cliff. He kept flying at top speed, and pushed Kyle into the portal as they entered. Everything blacked out.